Vampyrodes caraccioli (Thomas 1889)

[Vampyrodes] caraccioli (Thomas 1889), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 4: 167.

Type Locality: Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.

Vernacular Names: Great Stripe-faced Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Vampyrodes caraccioli subsp. caraccioli Thomas 1889

Subspecies Vampyrodes caraccioli subsp. major G. M. Allen 1908

Distribution: Oaxaca (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, the Guianas, and N Brazil; Trinidad and Tobago.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes major; see Jones and Carter (1976), but also see Starrett and Casebeer (1968). See Willis et al. (1990). Originally spelled caracciolae but later emended to caraccioli; see discussion in Carter and Dolan (1978).